Remember The Brady Campaign to Prevent Violence poster to “celebrate” July fourth? [click here] The gun control org’s image and text mocked America on our most patriotic holiday. That really pissed me off. But I like what they did with the gun! So I had Lauer Weaponry make one up. Exactly the same (only on an XD rather than a Glock). And so The Truth About Guns’ Liberty Gun Project is born. My goal: to photograph thousands of Americans from every walk of life proudly holding this gun, and post these images on the site. While I wait for the paint job to cure and my web guys’ advice on how to post the images, here’s a sneak peak. Watch this space for your chance to be photographed with the Liberty Gun.
Defense Review’s review of the RESET Rifle Integrated Power Rail (RIPR) isn’t what I’d call flattering. They gun guys don’t really see the advantages of a side-mounted external power source for your AR’s lights, laser, optics and Mr. Coffee. This despite RIPR’s selling points: battery standardization (across weapons systems), better weight balance, more juice for more stuff, smaller stuff ’cause of more juice and less wiring. In fact, Defense Review’s Mr. Crane rips RIPR a new orifice . . .
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Yesterday, a police officer’s firearm was cleared of blowing a three-year-old boy’s thumb to smithereens. Today, we learn that a cop’s gun was pronounced guilty of shooting a suspected drug dealer. Which really isn’t a big deal, is it? But just in case you were wondering . . .
Evidence was turned over to the grand jury after Johnny Stapleton, 28, received injuries during a traffic stop when Bollinger’s gun discharged, striking him in the forearm and left check. Stapleton had been indicted secretly on drug charges this spring by another Lawrence County Grand Jury. Law enforcement officers had observed Stapleton earlier on the evening of the shooting, but had lost sight of him. They then went to areas in the city that they believed he usually frequented . . .
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The Truth About Guns (TTAG) cordially invites you to test the new Chiappa Arms Rhino on Saturday the 11th of September. The initial TTAG-only Rhino Party runs from 6 – 8pm at the American Firearms School in North Attleboro, Massachusetts [click here for directions]. Tickets cost $25 each, reserved in advance. RSVP to guntruth@me.com (ticket price payable at the door). Twenty lucky shooters shooters will get five minutes Rhino trigger time, six rounds of .357 ammo and one clean target. First come, first served; notified by email. And don’t worry if you miss out on one of the 20 “golden” tickets . . .
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As a Jew, I fully understand and support the right of Jewish people to defend themselves, both collectively and individually. Just as I fully understand and support the right of anyone to defend themselves. But this? This is stupid. “On Thursday night [members of Brooklyn South Shomrim Patrol] spotted [a known sex offender] driving up 46th Street in a silver Hyundai after residents called their hot line,” The New York Times reports. “Members of the patrol began following him in an unmarked car, and contacted Shomrim members in other vehicles to help box him in, said Sam Follman, a coordinator for the group.” What? What are they meshugenah? It gets worse . . .
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What’s next, Pet Rocks? Hey, how about you tell this guy his timepiece is geeky? But seriously folks, what do you wear when you go to the range? I’m always aware that I should wear whatever I would wear when I’m wearing a gun, no matter where I’m shooting. When I test fired the Ruger SR9c at American Firearms School earlier this week, I wore a short-sleeved dress shirt. When I extended my arms into a shooting position, it clung to my not-quite-as-manly-as-this-guy’s shoulders. The shirt is now serving in the Salvation Army . . .
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Nope. And I have to say it’s incredibly refreshing to read a piece from Time mag’s media moguls that shoots down Detroit’s gun buyback program with TTAGian gusto. Motown blogger Darrell Dawsey penned the polemic. Yup, the same writer we recently excoriated for suggesting that carrying a concealed weapon at the Eats, Beats and Arts Festival was a sign of paranoid delusion. This time ’round, Dawsey gets it right, at least initially . . .
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Massad Ayoob flat-out knows his stuff. His book In The Gravest Extreme is a must-read for anyone thinking about employing a gun for self defense. If the gun guru recommends a firearm-related tactic, technique or piece of hardware for defending yourself or your family, the smart money says he got it right. However, when Ayoob told a commentator at glocktalk.com that body armor is an important part of any good home defense plan, you have to give the idea some serious consideration. This time, however, that process doesn’t end in agreement. My personal experience tells me that body armor is a bad idea for home defense.
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I don’t know who was right in this contretemps. How could I, given that the video starts long after the original offense. I have even less idea why a guy with a camera would want to GO BACK to a man in a car who aimed a gun at him. Surely there are better ways to commit suicide. In any case, check out the motorists’ problems with his pistol. It’s an excellent example of how easy it is to screw up a semi’s operation when you’re under pressure. It could have cost him his life. Alternatively, he could have been packing a wheel gun. Whether that would have been better or worse and for whom, who knows? But you Mister, consider a revolver.
